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EXCLUSIVE: Taxpayer advocates urge Ford to scrap corporate welfare, balance budget

As Ontario’s provincial debt soars to $459 billion, taxpayer advocates are demanding the Ford government immediately halt “wasteful” spending on corporate handouts.

Clayton DeMaine, True North
Dec 02, 2025
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As Ontario’s provincial debt soars to $459 billion, taxpayer advocates are demanding the Ford government immediately halt “wasteful” spending on corporate handouts, political welfare, and government advertising.

Noah Jarvis, the Ontario director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), called on Premier Doug Ford to introduce financial reforms to provincial budgets, noting Ontario’s debt has more than tripled in less than two decades.

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